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What is your background? What made you decide to get involved in supporting entrepreneurs?
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What is your definition of entrepreneurship?
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How and when did you know your idea was good enough to develop it?
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What would you say are the top 3 skills that needed to be a successful entrepreneur? Why?
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What is your favourite part of being an entrepreneur?
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What individual, company or organization inspires you most? Why?
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If you had 5 minutes with the above individual/ company/organization, what would you want to ask or discuss?
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What has been your most satisfying or successful moment in business?
What would you say have been some of your mistakes, failures or lessons learned as an entrepreneur?
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How have you funded your ideas?
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Are there any sector-specific awards/grants/competitions that have helped you?
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What is good about being an entrepreneur in Oxfordshire? Bad?
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If a new entrepreneur or startup came to you looking for entrepreneurship resources, where would you send them?
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Have you faced any challenges as a woman entrepreneur? If so, how have you overcome them?
What resources would you recommend for other women?
How could institutions such as the University of Oxford better support women entrepreneurs?
Do you have any advice specifically for other women who want to be entrepreneurs?
Any last words of advice?
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EnSpire Oxford is a University of Oxford initiative to help connect people to the entrepreneurship resources they need, and to promote entrepreneurship across Oxfordshire.
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